​ Enrollment for New Families

Applications for enrollment are completed online through our website, and will be accepted beginning mid-October 2024.

The following are given priority status when enrolling as a “new family”:

1. Children of Rowayton United Methodist Church members,

2. Children of FMRNS Council members

3. Siblings or children of past “graduates” of FMRNS.

 

When we receive your application, you will be emailed an invitation to join our BrightWheel portal through which you can pay the $75 application fee. Applications will not be accepted without the registration fee and without selecting 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices for placement. Date of application submission does not determine priority in the acceptance process. Applications, once submitted. are filed until the registration deadline at which time they will all be reviewed, and children will be placed in available spots for the 2025/26 school year. There are many factors that need to be considered, such as siblings of graduated students, alumni children, and gender status as we try to balance our program. We cannot guarantee that any child will be placed according to the family’s first choice. Enrollment may continue throughout the year for any available places.

If all priorities are equal, a collaborative decision is made with the administration and members of the Nursery Council as to placement for each child. Thereafter, children are placed according to lottery.

 

Notification of Acceptance

All families will be notified of acceptance to our program in early January 2025 along with a response deadline to let us know whether you accept or decline the placement. If you accept, you will receive a BrightWheel invoice for our non-refundable $750 deposit (which is deducted from tuition) to secure your spot at FMRNS for the following year. If we do not receive a contract and deposit by the deadline, the spot will be offered to a child on the waiting list.

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